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Creating family traditions is a cherished activity around the holidays. This year along with the light shows and Christmas parades, check out the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics where the spirit of love and peace abounds all year long. You can create those...
Historic Learjet Linked to Neil Armstrong Finds a New Home in Auglaize County. The first Learjet 28 Longhorn (Serial Number 28-001) arrived at the Neil Armstrong Airport, New Knoxville, Ohio, on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. The date coincided with what would have been Mr. Armstrong's90th birthday. In...
A special anniversary and celebration is taking place this July for the Amphicar, the only civilian amphibious passenger automobile ever to be mass-produced. This year marks the 20th anniversary that the International Amphi-Car Owners Club has attended the annual Amphi-Car Swim-in at the Celina Lake...
Just in time for spring/summer travel planning, TourismOhio has launched RoadTrips.Ohio.org to help travelers find their perfect Ohio road trips. The 10 road trips are based on themes with one route highlighting the major sites and celebration of the Lunar Landing 50th anniversary. Other road trips...
Work has been underway for more than a year in Wapakoneta on plans for 2019 and a vast celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of the first steps onto the moon. Neil Armstrong, the man who took those steps, was born in Auglaize County and...
Looking for a new place for your family to explore? Check in with the Yoder Family from northeast Ohio to see what they discovered in Auglaize & Mercer Counties. The Yoder Toter Blog shares tips and hints to make your trips a fun adventure...
Tourism Ohio has named 2018 the year of the trails. There are of course many, many great nature trails throughout the state—but they are also promoting the more unconventional trails that visitors find fun to follow and some of our local attractions are making the...
“There’s always something going on at the Mercer County Fairgrounds” is a statement that embodies the facility located in the county seat of Celina, Ohio. What once used to be a just a place for the annual county fair, has become a place for a...
Walking through the museum, visitors pass a bright yellow airplane flown by a young Neil Armstrong, peer inside the spacecraft he operated on the Gemini VIII mission, and examine the moon rock on display. However, it’s not just the artifacts on display that make the...
2018 marks the 50th Anniversary of the final Amphicar rolling off the assembly line in West Germany. Manufactured from 1961 – 1968, they are the only civilian amphibious passenger automobile ever to be mass produced. 3878 Amphicars were manufactured and 3046 of those amphibious vehicles were...